[webkit-gtk] possible solutions for local files on win32

[Phil Longstaff]

On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 08:45 -0400, Phil Longstaff wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 21:39 +0100, Josip wrote:
> > On 19.03.2010 15:08, Phil Longstaff wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:19 -0500, Phil Longstaff wrote:
> > >> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 01:20 +0100, Josip wrote:
> > >>> Hi again!
> > >>> Found some possible solutions for those who have problems with local 
> > >>> files on win32 due to mime-share-info misconfiguration or missing 
> > >>> dependencies etc.
> > >>> As g_file_info_get_content_type() returns just file extension (like 
> > >>> ".html") and win32 use those to determine mime type can we use 
> > >>> g_content_type_get_mime_type() on them like in attachment.
> > >>> It works for me, load html files (with right encoding), images etc...
> > >>> Or should we rather check for return type on runtime and use those if 
> > >>> returned type is file extension (in case some really have full working 
> > >>> version)?
> > >>
> > >> OK, I downloaded shared-mime-info and moved update-mime-database.exe and
> > >> the share/mime directory to my project.  I then ran
> > >> update-mime-database.  How do I ensure that webkit can find the database
> > >> and use it?
> > > 
> > > Is there someone who can help with this?
> > > 
> > > Josip wrote:
> > >> Thanks for help!
> > >>
> > >> I have installed libwebkit-1.0-2.dll and update-mime-database.exe(from 
> > >> shared-mime-info-0.70) in directory C:\WebKitGTK-1.1.15.3\bin and put 
> > >> their mime directory in C:\WebKitGTK-1.1.15.3\share
> > >>
> > >> Created environment variables:
> > >>   XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=C:\WebKitGTK-1.1.15.3\etc\xdg
> > >>   XDG_DATA_DIRS=C:\WebKitGTK-1.1.15.3\share
> > >>
> > >> Run:
> > >>   update-mime-database.exe C:\WebKitGTK-1.1.15.3\share\mime
> > >>
> > >> But local files still cant be opened. Did i miss something and what?
> > >>
> > > 
> > > I tried this, and am using 1.1.22, but still don't see local files.  If I load the same html into firefox, it works fine.
> > > 
> > > Phil
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Phil,
> > don't know what version you use but those mime stuff looks irrelevant
> > for me as windows handle mime types differently.
> > 
> > I build version 1.1.23 now and it works OK.
> > Build things from
> > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_11.2/
> > which don't works with local files but when rebuilded whit that patch
> > local files start working.
> > 
> > You can find binary and libs in:
> > http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/images/d/db/WebKitGTK-1.1.23-win32.zip
> > For any missing dependency extract one from rpms in first link.
> > 
> > Do anyone know the owners of that builbot and how to contact them (ask
> > them to include those litle patch also)?
> 
> Hi Josip,
> 
> OK.  I created an opensuse 11.2 VM to do the cross-compilation.  The
> steps now are:
> 
> 1) Set up the opensuse mingw repository
> 2) Install all of the opensuse mingw packages
> 3) Download webkit 1.1.23 source
> 4) Apply your patch
> 5) Build
> 
> OK - I'll try it.  I'll also try it with your binary as well.  I tried
> it once but ran into dependency issues.  I just need basic html
> rendering with css and the ability to include local image files.  I
> don't need audio/video/...
> 
> Once I get my application built with 1.1.23, then local files should
> work with no playing around with mime?
> 
> I found some information about the correct format of file:// URLs on the
> web.  Firefox seems to accept URLs which are not correct (e.g. embedded
> spaces instead of %20, \ instead of / in file paths).  Do you know what
> webkit accepts?
> 
> What buildbot?
> 
> Thanks for your help.  I'm finding this extremely frustrating.

Josip,

I did what you suggested.  I downloaded 1.1.23 from your site, built
with it, then copied DLLs  from the opensuse repository.  Still no
success.

Any ideas?  Any way to turn on debug output to see where it is failing?

I run into problems trying to build webkit from source.  What configure
options do you use?

Phil